The Regional Court of Zamora sentenced a man and a woman to 22 and 17 years in prison respectively, in what is known as the “Terra Crime.” The defendant is sentenced to 22 years in prison as the author is criminally responsible … Of a crime Murder by treachery And facilitating the commission of another crime, and the accused is subject to 17 years imprisonment for premeditated murder, without circumstances that modify criminal responsibility.
In addition, the convicted woman and man will have to compensate the victim’s family jointly and severally 120,000 euros The defendants are ordered to pay two-thirds of the costs incurred, including the costs of the popular accusation, and the remaining third is announced ex officio. next to, Another defendant was acquitted as an accomplice.
It is not permissible to request a pardon or a stay of execution of a prison sentence. Against this ruling, which is not final There is a calling Before the Civil and Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Castile and León.
“Throw the body in the river”
On an unspecified date, between 7:00 a.m. on December 23, 2019 and 7:00 a.m. on December 27, 2019, the defendants traveled to the area known as Pozo Muerto, on the right bank of the Tira River, at the mouth of Lake Sanabria.
“Previously, the accused had victimized the victimAny type of medication that causes drowsiness, To eliminate his potential for defense, they tied him a bag of quicklime for agricultural use and placed the lower half of his body with the bag in a bag. “They covered his eyes and mouth with a piece of tape and took his documents to make it difficult to identify him, if he were found,” the ruling said.
“The accused then threw the body into the river, intending to end his life. The man died due to suffocation due to submersion. The ruling adds: “The accused acted with the motive of obtaining an illicit financial benefit and incorporating it into her assets, as she continued, after her death, to receive the entire amounts from Portugal and the United Kingdom which were paid, as a pension, into the bank account owned by the victim.”
The jury was deemed unproven That age rendered the victim completely incapacitated, or that the accused acted with the motive of obtaining an unlawful financial benefit, believing to make the pension his own.
The accused is in temporary detention without bail for this reason, agreed by order dated August 7, 2023 by the Court of First Instance and Instructions No. 1 of Puebla de Sanabria and ratified by the same Court on August 25, 2023.
The Zamora Regional Court agreed to extend the temporary detention of the accused, to be calculated after two years.
The accused, who was on remand without bail for this reason, was released by order dated October 28, 2025, as soon as a verdict of not guilty was returned by the jury court. But he is in prison for other reasons.
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